Dean Miles Honored at 2012 John Carroll Society Awards Dinner

Catholic University law school Dean Veryl V. Miles was (top, second from right) among four honorees recognized at the 26th Annual Awards Dinner of The John Carroll Society, held on April 14 at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington, D.C.

The event presents awards “to distinguished Catholics in recognition of lifetime achievement, public service, outstanding leadership, and commitment to their faith.”

On June 30, Miles will complete seven years of service as dean of The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.

The evening’s keynote guest speaker was William E. Conway Jr., one of three co-founders and currently the managing director of the Carlyle Group, a global asset management firm based in Washington, D.C.

The awards were presented by His Eminence, Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, who also gave the benediction and remarks.

Named for John Carroll, the first bishop then archbishop in the United States, The John Carroll Society was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1951 as a spiritual and beneficent organization for Catholic professional laypersons in the service of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington.

Part of the John Carroll Society's mission is the financial and professional support of the Archdiocese Legal Network and Medical Network, which provides free legal and medical services to the indigent of the Greater Washington, D.C. area.

In recognizing Dean Miles and three others as their 2012 honorees, the Society said: “As citizens and believers dedicated to the common good of our society, they champion [Archbishop Carroll’s] example by living their faith fully at home, at work, and in their communities.”

Over her career as a legal educator, Dean Miles has applied concepts of social justice and Catholic social teachings in her scholarly considerations of law and law practice.

A native Washingtonian, the dean is a member of the board of directors, Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Md. She is a lifelong member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, located in the historic Brookland neighborhood of the District of Columbia, where she serves as a lector.